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Take the first man you meet, if he'd say what he's wishing, 

 And tell the whole truth why, he's going a fishing I 

 His meaning's the same, and it can't be mistook, 

 For he'll come at his object by " lioolc or ~by crook ! " 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



The rich lover determin'd his mistress tofix-, 

 He starts not a, fly, but a gay coach and six I 

 Though, perchance, the fair maid with indignity fraught, 

 Cries, c a mighty fine baity but I'm not to be caught ! ' 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



'At it early and late' some queer fish to outmatch, 

 The merchant's intent on a ' wonderful catch I ' 

 See him bent o'er his desk till he groans or he grunts, 

 D'ye think that there's patience in nothing but punts ? 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



What are they who've unceasingly worshipp'd old Mammon ? 

 But anglers return' d disappointed of salmon ? 

 Or like those all agog for a large trout or roach, 

 Though doom'd to pull up but a minnow or loach ? 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



On the fam'd Stock Exchange, oh what angling is theirs ! 

 What can beat, too, the large Anglo-mining affairs ! 

 Wliile some I could name, might be readily shown, 

 As the greatest Bank -fishers that ever were known ! 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



E'en that monarch's an angler to utmost perfection, 

 That lays the best hold of his people's affection ; 

 While each statesman's & fisher beyond the least doubt 

 That finds the best method of tickling his trout ? 



Derry down, &c. &c. 



